Hypnogogia

This debut album from Arab Strap mainman Aidan Moffat, AKA Lucky Pierre, is without doubt a contender for one of 2002's greatest albums...an absolute stunner. Lucky Pierre is one man, Aiden Moffat whose principle work began in Arab Strap five years ago with chum Malcolm Middleton. Lucky Pierre is Aiden Moffat's latest project, a beautiful, more soothing version of his usual trade full of immense tracks with cello and strings...Think DJ Shadow's Endtroducing meets Cinematic Orchestra and Arab Strap. Moffat's principal mission was to make 'music to fall asleep to'. Indeed, the inspiration to create a relaxing wind-down record of his own came from the incessant spawn of contrived chill out records which currently invade record stores everywhere. 'I can't stand those chill-out things and I was having real bad sleeping problems; I just couldn't relax. So I decided to find some sounds which I liked and put them together, it's as simple as that.